Sirens quotes
28 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"There were sirens and the cops were there and they took me to the police station and I got arrested, it was really embarrassing. They actually just- they impeached me over the whole thing, they tried, well, they did impeach me, but I didn't have to actually stop being president, so it was okay. The police weren't actually that involved, it was mostly Congress."
"Time is your friend, impulse is your enemy. Take advantage of compound interest and don't be captivated by the siren song of the market."
"The masses do not see the Sirens. They do not hear songs in the air. Blind, deaf, stooping, they pull at their oars in the hold of the earth. But the more select, the captains, harken to a Siren within them...and royally squander their lives with her."
"If I can leave a single message with the younger generation, it is to lash yourself to the mast, like Ulysses if you must, to escape the siren calls of complacency and indifference."
"History is the siren song of the soul."
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"The clock ticked with empty urgency, as though trying to catch up with the time. In the street a siren howled."
"I enjoy wording. Words for me are tangible bodies, visible sirens, incarnate sensualities."
"Take care of the people, and God Almighty will take care of Himself."
